(Poem #1967) A Winter Ode to the Old Men of Lummus Park, Miami, Florida

Risen from rented rooms, old ghosts
Come back to haunt our parks by day,
They crept up Fifth Street through the crowd,
Unseeing and almost unseen,
Halting before the shops for breath,
Still proud, pretending to admire
The fat hens dressed and hung for flies
There, or perhaps the lone, dead fern
Dressing the window of a small
Hotel. Winter had blown them south--
How many? Twelve in Lummus Park
I counted, shivering where they stood,
A little thicket of thin trees,
And more on benches, turning with
The sun, wan heliotropes, all day.
O you who wear against the breast
The torturous flannel undervest
Winter and summer, yet are cold,
Poor cracked thermometers stuck now
At zero everlastingly,
Old men, bent like your walking sticks
As with the pressure of some hand,
Surely they must have thought you strong
To lean on you so hard, so long!

Donald Justice might be my favorite poet. It's difficult to say for
sure, but I can say that his work has influenced me more than any
other's. He is the "master of nostalgia", but I think that the intimacy
and elegance of his work are the major allures for me. Here is one of
my favorites. It isn't anthologized as much as some others.
If anybody has ever used the word "heliotropes" with more effect, I
haven't seen it. He slips that Latinate polysyllable in, but you might
notice it's a little lonely. The simplicity of his language may be part
of what makes it feel intimate. One of his more popular poems "Men At
Forty" is similar in this respect.
If you are interested, here is a short bio for Justice:
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/39
David.
[Minstrels Links]
Donald Justice:
Poem #503: Anonymous Drawing
Poem #1343: Poem to be read at 3am
Poem #1647: Men at Forty

It's always better to be in the park than in the graveyard. Living long enough we will get there soon enough. It's always a pleasure and a refreshing change to be introduced to such a fine poet as Donald Justice. Thank you.

t's always better to be in the park than in the graveyard. Living long enough we will get there soon enough. It's always a pleasure and a refreshing change to be introduced to such a fine poet as Donald Justice. Thank you.

t's always better to be in the park than in the graveyard. Living long enough we will get there soon enough. It's always a pleasure and a refreshing change to be introduced to such a fine poet as Donald Justice. Thank you.

onald Justice might be my favorite poet. It's difficult to say forsure, but I can say that his work has influenced me more than anyother's. He is the "master of nostalgia", but I think that the intimacyand elegance of his work are the major allures for me. Here is one ofmy favorites. It isn't anthologized as much as some others.

onald Justice might be my favorite poet. It's difficult to say forsure, but I can say that his work has influenced me more than anyother's. He is the "master of nostalgia", but I think that the intimacyand elegance of his work are the major allures for me. Here is one ofmy favorites. It isn't anthologized as much as some others.

It's always better to be in the park than in the graveyard. Living long enough we will get there soon enough. It's always a pleasure and a refreshing change to be introduced to such a fine poet as Donald Justice. Thank you.

Risen from rented rooms, old ghosts Come back to haunt our parks by day, They crept up Fifth Street through the crowd, Unseeing and almost unseen, Halting before the shops for breath, Still proud, pretending to admire The fat hens dressed and hung for flies There, or perhaps the lone, dead fern Dressing the window of a small Hotel. Winter had blown them south-- How many? Twelve in Lummus Park I counted, shivering where they stood, A little thicket of thin trees, And more on benches, turning with The sun, wan heliotropes, all day.

t's always better to be in the park than in the graveyard. Living long enough we will get there soon enough. It's always a pleasure and a refreshing change to be introduced to such a fine poet as Donald Justice. Thank you.

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